The Billionaire's Baby 4: A Single Dad Romance by Bella Lila

Author:Bella, Lila [Bella, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Romance
Published: 2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

6 - Jude

“News?” Hollie looked up from feeding Kaylee as I walked into the kitchen from outside.

I let out an exasperated sigh as I pulled off my coat and tie. It had been a long, long day, and I did have news, but I had to let go of all the tension before I shared it with her.

Plus, I relished the look of anticipation on her face. I loved making her wait for it.

“I do have news, and good news it is.” I leaned down to kiss my daughter, kissing Hollie next.

“So, what is it? What happened?” She could barely contain herself.

“Guilty on all counts. The jury didn’t buy her defense for a minute. Marie is headed to jail. The sentencing doesn’t happen right away. There will be a separate sentencing hearing in a month or two, and the judge will decide,” I explained, keeping my tone deadpan as if nothing had happened yet.

“So, right around Kaylee’s first birthday,” she said.

“About two weeks after, but the judge remanded her to remain jail until the sentencing, so there’s nothing to worry about. She’s done. She’s not coming back,” I told her.

It felt good to finally say those words and to finally admit it was all over. Well, mostly over, anyway.

“That’s awesome,” Hollie said, containing her excitement so she could finish feeding Kaylee.

“That it is,” I agreed.

“You don’t seem as excited as I’d expected.”

“I’m happy… and glad it’s over, but I’m not jumping for joy, no.”

There were a couple of problems for me. For one, it felt unreal to think the drama of it all was finished. It was one of those things where I almost wanted to say ‘I’ll believe it when I see it.’ I still half-expected to get a call saying that she’d escaped at some point, right before I got the call from her saying she was coming after Kaylee and the money again.

The other problem was that no matter what she’d done, she was still Kaylee’s mother. It was nearly impossible for me to look at Kaylee and not see her mother’s eyes.

The day was going to come when I would have to explain to her why her mother was never around, and why Hollie was the only mother figure in her life. While Hollie was far better with Kaylee than Marie had ever been, she wasn’t her biological mother.

“Is everything okay?” She was up and moving around behind my chair, draping her arms over my shoulders and across my chest. She was also better with me than Marie had ever been.

“Everything’s fine,” I told her. “What do you want for dinner?”

“Don’t worry about it. I sent your cook out for a few things tonight. He’s going to cook something special when he gets back.”

She leaned down and kissed my cheek before standing back up and crossing back to the other side of the table.

I checked the time on my phone. It wasn’t nearly as late as it felt. There was still plenty of time before dinner. I stretched and yawned in my chair, not sure I was going to make it to dinner.

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